The tournament was held in Tabriz, Iran from 29 June to 6 July 2018.

[1][2] The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship as AVC's representatives.

To participate, players must have been born on or after 1 January 2001, and they could only enroll for a maximum of one championship.

[3] The 18 AVC member associations submitted their U18 men's national teams to the Championship; however, Uzbekistan later withdrew.

Each team, including the hosts, was assigned into a pool according to their final standing in the 2017 edition.